Faculty & Staff
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The adjunct social work faculty at the
University of Maine bring to the classroom a wealth of practice
experience from numerous specializations which add to the strength of
the generalist perspective of social work to which the school is
committed. Our adjunct faculty are leaders in every area of social work
practice and bring to the classroom a unique combination of practice and
theoretical wisdom.
Loren Andrews,
LCSW
MSW University of
Maine
MA University of
Maine
BA University of
Vermont
Loren Andrews is a Clinical Social Worker with a private practice
in Camden, Maine. His practice specializes primarily with adolescents
and adults with ADHD, relational and couples counseling, as well as
helping victims of trauma in their recovery. Loren teaches in the areas
of social work practice, social welfare policy, and Adult and Child
Psychopathology. In addition to his practice and teaching, Loren is a
member of the RSU 13 School Board from Cushing, Maine, and is also the
President of the Many Flags/One Campus Foundation, a local non-profit
organization advancing a single campus for secondary and higher
education in the midcoast area. Prior to these pursuits, Loren worked
for several non-profits in social/human services and spent almost a
decade working in various policy and political positions, including as a
Special Assistant to Maine’s Speaker of the House, Majority Leader, and
Majority Whip; other similar positions included an aide to a member of
the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine, a U.S. Senator and
Presidential candidate, and an advisor to scores of Maine legislative
candidates.
Kathleen Earle Fox, PhD MSW
Kathleen Fox is the part-time Director of Research
at the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) located in
Portland, Oregon. She is out-stationed in Maine but travels to meetings
and conferences across the US. She has worked as a researcher and
standards compliance analyst at the New York State Office of Mental
Health, and as assistant professor and adjunct professor of social
sciences at the University of Southern Maine, Portland, the University
of Maine at Augusta, the University of Maine, Orono, and the Rockefeller
College of the University of NY at Albany. She has authored or
co-authored over twenty-five peer-reviewed articles and publications in
the areas of child welfare, child abuse and neglect and mental health,
primarily regarding the American Indian/Alaska Native community. Dr. Fox
is of Cayuga descent.
Jennie Goldenberg, LCSW
Ph.D.
Bryn Mawr College
M.S.S. Bryn
Mawr College
BA Temple
University
Dr.
Goldenberg has a clinical practice in Bangor, specializing in adult
survivors of traumatic stress. She is Senior Researcher for the
Transcending Trauma Project, a qualitative research study of Holocaust
survivors and the intergenerational transmission of both trauma and
resilience in survivor families. Her current research focuses on
the long-term developmental impacts of genocide and ethnic conflicts on
adolescent survivors, on causal attributions of survivors of childhood
trauma, and on the development of resilience theory and its integration
into clinical practice. Dr. Goldenberg teaches courses in human
behavior, research, and trauma at the School of Social Work.
Elin MacKinnon,
LCSW
MSW, University of Maine
Ms. MacKinnon is a clinical social
worker at Care Development in Bangor, Maine. Her areas of interest
include foster care, group work, and horticultural therapy. She teaches
in the area of history, policy and practice.
Deborah Mattson
MSW, University of Maine
Ms. Mattson teaches introduction to mediation ad practice. She is
a mediation consultant and trainer.
Mary Moore, LCSW, LADC
BA, Villanova
University
MA, Catholic University of America
MSW, University of Maine 
Mary Moore is an Outpatient Clinician at Wellspring, Inc. in Bangor.
Dually
licensed in mental health and substance abuse, she treats co-occurring
disorders,
particularly in the areas of depression, anxiety and grief and loss.
Areas of special training include EMDR, working with military veterans
and gambling
addiction. She has served on the State of Maine’s Problem Gambling
Advisory Board and continues in an advisory role. Having been in the
mental health field for 20 years, her counseling experience ranges from
counseling families in rural Kansas to treating federal felons in
Washington, DC. She has taught in the areas of human behavior and the
social environment and direct social work practice.
Patricia W. Phillips, LCSW
M.Ed. University of Maine
M.S.W. University of Maine 
Ms. Phillips' twenty nine years of
social work practice has included twenty years as a social worker with
the Family Support Team at Eastern Maine Medical Center. This is a
hospital-based child protection program in the Department of Pediatrics,
specializing in the identification and management of child abuse and
neglect. She co-instructs a course with Shawn Yardley on issues related
to child welfare, and regularly provides in-service education to the
community.
Wendy
Rapaport, LCSW
M.S.W. Barry College
Psy.D. Nova University
Dr. Rapaport has been on the staff of
the University of Miami School of Medicine for 22 years as a social
worker and psychologist, specializing in patients with diabetes and
their families. Her book WHEN DIABETES HITS HOME, published by the
American Diabetes Association, along with many articles for lay and
professional audiences on the subject of addressing the emotional
aspects of living with chronic illness, targets health professionals and
families in improving adherence and quality of life for those living
with diabetes. During the summer, she teaches a course in Group
Psychotherapy in Health and Mental Health Settings.
Leah Ruffin,
LCSW
M.S.W., University of Maine
Nancy Webster, LCSW 
M.S.W. Simmons College
M.P.A. University of California – Berkeley
Ms. Webster
has over 20 years experience working with children and families. She has
specific expertise in early childhood interventions, forensic
evaluations, and attachment and
bonding. She teaches in the human behavior sequence, and teaches
electives related to work with families under stress, young children,
and trauma.
Shawn
Yardley
B.A. University of Maine (Sociology/Social Welfare)
M.S. Husson College (Business)
Shawn spent 17 years in
public child welfare at the Maine Department of Human
Services as a caseworker, supervisor and regional administrator. Mr.
Yardley was Director of Adoption for the Bangor office of MAPS for 2
years and from 2001
to 2004 he was the director of the River Coalition, an organization
dedicated to primary prevention for youth and families focused on
drug/alcohol use prevention, bullying and conflict resolution. For the
past 5 years Shawn has directed the City of Bangor's Health and
Community Services Department. He has co-taught 2 courses focusing on
child welfare for 23 years, emphasizing a multi-disciplinary approach
and exploring the ethical issues inherent in this work.
